Lenovo q190

Dawelio

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Hey guys,

Last year I purchased a smaller PC for my dad, as his old Dell one was slow etc... I told him his new one would be faster, but kinda disappointed in myself now, as this new one isn't much faster.

So now to my question for you... his new PC is similar to the LENOVO Q190, I don't think it's identical, due to it has a 900GB drive, according to his Windows 8, but he does have an i3 in it. No further information at this time, as I didn't look.

My question for you are:

1. Can/would an SSD make a difference in such a PC?
2. Since it's a "complete" PC, made by a PC company, obviously the warranty will go away... but is it possible to open it up, take the HDD out, put the SSD in, and then do a fresh install of Windows 8, just as you would with a finished build?.

As the PC already has Windows 8 on it, so obviously a valid key and I also have an Windows 8 CD, as I have Windows 8 on my PC.

Is this possible and would it make the PC faster you think?...
As you can probably understand, I feel bad for telling my dad it would be faster and then it ain't :(...

Thanks guys,
Chrazey
 
Have you done a fresh install of the OS yet? Or alternatively have you got rid of the bloatware and cleaned up what programs run on startup? I recently had to configure a lenovo AIO desktop which was a bit slow (mainly due to the crappy hdd they put in there) but I did manage to speed it up by removing the bloatware.

Also the q190 is effectively a laptop, not a desktop (internals wise). What I'd do is do a clean windows install and if that doesn't speed it up, get a ssd upgrade kit (which will have software to clone the drive). It looks like a normal ssd would fit in it going by this picture of the internals.
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From the pictures I'm assuming it runs a laptop i3? Doesn't matter much though, should still be a Hyperthreaded dual core. I've got a laptop with an Ivy i3 and it runs damn fast (did put an SSD in there, but I was pleasantly surprised with its out-of-the-box speed considering the price and the fact it was a 5400 RPM drive. It runs PhotoShop perfectly fine even.

But yes, either way an SSD will make a massive difference in general speed of the machine, like loading up software and the OS itself, however it will not improve raw performance (so for instance it won't be faster at PhotoShop or whatever).

There is software out there to clone the mechanical drives' data to the SSD so it'll all be the exact same, except on an SSD. As Barnsley said though, a clean install is always a good idea to get rid of bloatware that comes with any pre-built.
 
Don't think so? Will have to contact Lenovo for that one I think. You should be able to load a different (legit) without voiding your hardware warranty though? Especially when it's the exact same OS.


If anything can you not create a bootable USB with the recovery partition on it?
 
Don't think so? Will have to contact Lenovo for that one I think. You should be able to load a different (legit) without voiding your hardware warranty though? Especially when it's the exact same OS.


If anything can you not create a bootable USB with the recovery partition on it?

Not sure about the load a different without voiding your hardware warranty, not sure what that means...

And I have created a Windows 8 USB stick, but not sure om how or what that recovery partition is...
 
Not sure about the load a different without voiding your hardware warranty, not sure what that means...

And I have created a Windows 8 USB stick, but not sure om how or what that recovery partition is...

Like I said, you'll have to contact Lenovo for that one! That'd also mean that when you upgrade to Windows 8.1 or 10 for example, you'd lose warranty which seems weird to me.

Computers always used to come with DVDs that had a recovery on them. This included the Windows install including all the shitty bloatware. Basically an install to put the PC back on factory settings (ie how you bought it).

My laptop still came with one (even though it has no optical drive) for instance. You might also be able to download it from the manufacturer's website. Nowadays you'll usually see that there's a hidden recovery partition on the C: drive that is accessed when you 'Reset to factory defaults'. I'm wondering if you can get that on a bootable USB.
 
I recently had this issue with a laptop my mother got from PC World, they said that changing the OS machine voids the warranty, so I went in and had a little word with them....

Turns out this little thing is to do with the recovery partition, and as I said to them, you can't dictate what software is on the machine, the warranty only covers the hardware else they can tell you what you can and can't use on the machine in question... (As you can guess, the vacant stares came back, several calls to someone) and they then said that I was correct and they can't enforce the OS and software thing in the warranty.

***EDIT***

As for the USB recovery media, yes you can create it on that from the wizard.
 
I recently had this issue with a laptop my mother got from PC World, they said that changing the OS machine voids the warranty, so I went in and had a little word with them....

Turns out this little thing is to do with the recovery partition, and as I said to them, you can't dictate what software is on the machine, the warranty only covers the hardware else they can tell you what you can and can't use on the machine in question... (As you can guess, the vacant stares came back, several calls to someone) and they then said that I was correct and they can't enforce the OS and software thing in the warranty.

***EDIT***

As for the USB recovery media, yes you can create it on that from the wizard.

Not sure I got all of that :mellow:... might have to re-read it once I'm waking up later on tonight as I'm heading to bed now :p
 
Switching the HDD out for an SSD is definitely going to make the system snappier.

Removing the bloatware/doing a fresh install wont void that systems warranty. I generally use REVO and manually uninstall all the bloatware if I am unable to reinstall a fresh OS on it.
 
Switching the HDD out for an SSD is definitely going to make the system snappier.

Removing the bloatware/doing a fresh install wont void that systems warranty. I generally use REVO and manually uninstall all the bloatware if I am unable to reinstall a fresh OS on it.

Yeah, I got this SSD (http://www.netonnet.se/art/dator/komponenter/harddisk/ssd-/kingston-ssdnowv300240gb/183893.7072/) for my dads PC (the Lenovo PC) and will switch the HDD for the SSD and do a clean, fresh install of Windows 8 on it. Will then use the PCs windows key on the new SSD, will just have to call Microsoft for activation etc...
 
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